Put aside whether you thought it was legitimate for Victoria Azarenka to call for an MTO at 5-4 in the second set of her 6-1, 6- 4 win over Sloane Stephens in the Aussie Open semis. What got lost in the shuffle and never should have is why the chair umpire never gave her a warning/point penalty/ game penalty or defaulted her for doing so when she clearly took more time than allotted. I

Put aside whether you thought it was legitimate for Victoria Azarenka to call a MTO at 5-4 in the second set of her 6-1, 6- 4 win over Sloane Stephens in the Aussie Open semis. What got lost in the shuffle and never should have is why the chair umpire never gave her a warning/point penalty/ game penalty or defaulted her for doing so when she clearly took more time than allotted. I

Victoria Azarenka has had a very interesting tournament on court, struggling against Jaime Hampton and then sending the tennis world into a tizzy when she took a long medical timeout at 5-4 during her 6-4 6-1 semifinal win over Sloane Stephens, which came after she blew five match points.

The biggest question is whether that simmering controversy will affect her in the final. She